Bottle stopper



H. P. ROBERTS BOTTLE STOPPER Get. 14, 1930.

Filed Dec. 16, 1927 Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEHENRY P. ROBERTS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCHESTER J. STRONG, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS A with the BOTTLE STOPPERApplication filed December 16, 1927. Serial No. 240,522.

This invention relates to bottle stoppers of the type employed astemporary closures for mineral Water and similar bottles after removalof the usual caps or other permanent closures or seals. The inventionhas for its general object to provide a stopper or closure of thischaracter which is of simple construction and which may be manufacturedquickly at small expense, as will be best understood from the followingdescription of a preferred embodiment thereof illustrated in theaccompanying drawings; in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a bottle upon which a stopper embodyingthe invention is secured;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevational view of the same; g p

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the same fastening means disengagedfrom the bottle;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the packing for the stopper; and r Fig. 6 is anelevational View of the packing.

' stopper comprising a body portion 13 adapted to fit into the neck ofthe bottle 14 and having an upwardly extending portionproviding anoutwardly extending flange 15 adapted to seat upon the top of the rim 16of the bottle. An annular groove 17 is provided in the upwardlyextending portion of the packing which is engaged by the inclineddepending fingers 11 and held against the holder 10.

The stopper may be held so as to suitably close the neck of the bottleby any suitable fastening means such as a wire fastener or bail 18having its ends pivotally mounted in openings 19 in the ears 12. Thewire fastener 18 is bent to form a spring loop 20 and a fastening loop21 adapted to be snapped over and held against the lower edge of the rim16 of the bottle.

It will be seen that the bottle stopper provided in accordance with theinvention is of simple and inexpensive construction and consistsessentially of two pieces, namely, a packing and a holder for thepacking. The packmg may be composed of any suitable material, such asrubber, and may be readily formed in one piece as will be readilyunderstood by those skilled in the art. T he holder may also be formedfrom a single piece of sheet material, such as sheet metal, in a siinpleshaping operation of stamping or punching to form a Wafer-likesubstantially flat disk having integral projections bentupwardly fromthe opposite edges thereof to form the ears and two or more inclinedfingers struck from the material of the disk and depending therefrom.

lVhat I claim is:

A bottle stopper comprising a holder in the form of a one-piecesubstantially flat disk of sheet material having integral projections orears bent upwardly from the opposite edges thereof and inclined fingersstruck from the material of said disk and depending therefrom, a packingsecured to said holder by said fingers, and a fastener pivoted to saidcars.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

HENRY P. ROBERTS.

